In which I am taunted for trying to save gas money

I am 26. I am married with two kids. I am a graduate student. Yesterday, I saw my bus closing in on my bus stop so I sprinted to catch it. From behind me, I hear that yell that has haunted runners of all sizes and shapes but especially educational runners i.e. those nerds that would run through the high school halls between classes...."RUN FORREST!!!!" I couldn't believe my ears. Some stranger was taunting me like I was 14 again. I mean, this movie came out over a decade ago, and here I am running to catch a bus to save gas money when money's tight and gas is expensive getting taunted. I still don't know what to think about the situation. I laughed as I ran. It kind of reminds me of the Philippines where you'll be walking along a bust street and suddenly you'll hear from a passing bus, "HEY JOE, WHAT D'YOU KNOW?" I always was impressed with those kids that could see a white man and in the blink of an eye, come up with some clever rhyme and then have the guts to yell it out of a moving vehicle. I don't think this would work well in America. I think people would contrue it as racist if you yelled things to minorities as you drove down the street. I'm not sure why, but these are politically correct times. The saddest thing about this whole Forrest incident is that I immediately thought to myself, "Am I a nerd? Can people still tell even though I've been trying to hide it under layers of indieness? I do my hair messy, I wear somewhat stylish clothes, I don't have braces or aviator glasses any more..." But here I go revealing what I am...a closet nerd. I run after buses. This proves I am NOT cool and never will be cool. As a wise Romanian named Vlad once said, "You should never run after two things: buses and women." Vlad had quite the hot girlfriend in Romania, so I think he knew what he was talking about. And I don't think he ever sweat. And he watched semi-naughty dating shows late at night on UPN. The end.